title: Health vulnerabilities in adolescence: socioeconomic conditions, social networks, drugs and violence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the health vulnerabilities in adolescence associated with socioeconomic conditions, social networks, drugs and violence from the perspective of students.
  
  
  METHODS
  cross-sectional study with 678 students between 14-15 years old in Contagem, Brazil. A self-administered questionnaire divided into modules by subject was used. Quantitative, descriptive and stratified analyses were performed by sex.
  
  
  RESULTS
  high percentage of adolescents (40.4%) were beneficiaries of Government financial support called "Bolsa Família" and 14.6% had a job, 57.1% and 23.6% had tried alcohol and tobacco, respectively. We identified 15% of aggression and 26.7% of bullying. The majority informed they never/rarely talk to parents about the daily difficulties (64.5%) and 22% reported insomnia and/or feelings of loneliness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the results indicated that there is a need to intensify educational activities that seek to develop cognitive, affective and social skills aimed at improving the way adolescents face the vulnerabilities, in these activities, nursing has a fundamental role.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. dener@enf.ufmg.br
authors.forename: Dener Carlos
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: dos Reis
authors.forename: Thiara Amanda Corrêa
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Mariane Mendes
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Rodrigo Henrique
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Anézia Moreira Faria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Madeira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data